One of the most focused beer events in Western Canada, the BC Beer Awards showcases and celebrates the very best of locally made beer. Open to the public, this one-day-only event will be held this year at the Croatian Cultural Centre and will include not only the awards ceremony itself, but also the BC Beer Awards Beer Festival. BC’s best breweries will be on hand, showcasing their talents and doing what they do best - making great beer!

VIP Packages - $400

A unique guided tasting package for yourself and up to five colleagues. Join one of our beer experts on a 90 minute tour of some of the most interesting beers BC has available. Throughout the tour, beers will be brought to your group for sampling while your expert highlights both the unique aspects and commonalities of the sensory experience of each offering, as well as some facts about the brewery and brewer. At the end of the tour, the rest of the festival is yours to enjoy. There will only be 3 of these educational packages available for 2013.

Included

- Priority admission to the event for up to 6 individuals

- Tasting glasses and a custom tasting guidebook

- A trained beer expert available to supply you with information on each beer

- A beer runner to collect samples and let you focus on the experience

- Tokens for all the beers sampled plus 3 for you to sample on your own (additional tokens will be available for purchase within the festival)

Bio for our experts will be posted closer to the event

Hops Connect Hops Class - SOLD OUT!

Want to learn more about Hops? CAMRA Vancouver’s Education Liaison, Danny Seeton, will be leading a class that is focused the aromatic and bitter little bud we craft beer folk love. This class, sponsored by Hops Connect, will be from 11am - noon. Please note that tickets for this class and the BC Beer Awards are sold separately.

We have two charities of choice this year! The Greater Vancouver Food Bank will be on site, collecting non perishable and cash donations at the door, so please help us help out. Each donation will be rewarded!

We've also teamed up with the BC Hospitality Foundation, whose mission is to provide assistance to those working in the hospitality industry who are struck by illness. For more info, please visit www.bchospitalityfoundation.com